Sad iron heater



' (No Model.)

W. W. WEBB.

, V SAD IRON HEATER.

-N0.'244,'779. Patented July 26.1881.

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UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. WEBB, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

.SAD-IRON HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,779, dated July 26, 1881,

' Application filed January 6, 1881. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. WEBB, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, inthe county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented-a new and useful Downward-Draft Furnace for Heating Sad- Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in furnaces for heating sad-irons, in which the fuel is burned from the top to the bottom;

and the object of my invention is to provide a downward-draft furnace to fit on stoves of any kind, by means of which sad-irons may be heated. This object I accomplish by the de- 1 5 vice illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the entire device. of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the damper.

V cylindrical, as shown at B, and is provided with a cover, F, having openings F for draft. Above this cover, which is hinged to the cylindrical part B at m, is a perforated damper, G, which turns on a pivot-bolt, r, so as to open The base 0 of the fire-pot is provided at its upper edge with a flaring rim, D, for the heels of the irons to rest on, and its lower flange, O, is adapted to fit over any ordinary stove-hole. Theflange 3 5 O is open in its center and provided with a grate, H, which is pivoted to the flange C by the pivots a, which are diametrically opposite each other. Thus the grate is adapted to be turned on the center when required, as will be 0 hereinafter described.

The operation of my improved furnace is as Fig. 2 is a vertical section' follows, to wit: The furnace is placed over a I hole, L, of any ordinary stove, K, and the firepot is filled with coal P. The kindling R is placed above the coal and ignited. The draft, being downward, causes the fuel below to ignite and throw its heat outward. The irons are then placed on the flange D with their faces resting against the flat surfaces of the fire-pot, where they are heated. One furnace full of coal is sufficient for one ordinary ironing; but in case the fire-pot has to be replenished with coal, the damper G is shut off and the fire-pot turned over. The grate is then tilted or turned on its pivots and fresh fuel inserted. The grate is then closed, the fire-pot reversed, and again placed on the stove.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sad-iron heater consisting of a flaring fire-pot, A, with flat tapering sides, the cylin der-top B, with perforated cover F, hinged at m to the side of the cylinder,-the damper G, the base 0, with flange D for the irons to rest on, the flange O, with grate H, all constructed and arran ged to operate substantially as speci- 2. In a sad-iron furnace havingadownward draft, the flat-sided fire-pot A, with cover F and damper G, and the base 0, with flangeD and grate H, said furnace adapted to receive fuel on the grate and kindling above the fuel and'to heat sad-irons by a downward draft, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name 7 to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

YVILLIAM W. WEBB.

Witnesses E. O. FRINK, G. H. BENNETT. 

